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John Carmack on mutable variables

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498 points azhenley | 2 comments | 31 Oct 25 02:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.413s | source
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LeoPanthera[dead post] ◴[31 Oct 25 03:40 UTC] No.45768163[source]▶
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tomhow ◴[31 Oct 25 05:57 UTC] No.45768831[source]▶
Please don't post off-topic flamebait on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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Pxtl ◴[31 Oct 25 12:28 UTC] No.45771280[source]▶
How is it offtopic on a Twitter post by John Carmack to remark on the fact that John Carmack posts to Twitter?
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tomhow ◴[31 Oct 25 13:10 UTC] No.45771593[source]▶
Because it has nothing to do with the content and it's the kind of comment that is only made for the sake of stirring up feelings people have about Twitter and its owner, a topic that has been done to death for years on HN, and about which there is nothing new or interesting to say.

HN is a site that's specifically designed to focus on the new and interesting aspects of topics.

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1. Pxtl ◴[31 Oct 25 13:20 UTC] No.45771702[source]▶
That Carmack still posts to Twitter (and QTs Curtis Yarvin) was news to me.
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2. tomhow ◴[31 Oct 25 13:33 UTC] No.45771808[source]▶
The guidelines specifically ask:

Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead.

This has been in the guidelines for many years and it’s long been routine moderation that we ask people to avoid that kind of thing.